LGBT News update

Sure, it's been a while since we last shared queer news with you that was beyond the scope of the Napa Valley and nearby, but it doesn't mean we don't care... Here's the latest from the internets:

• Citing 83 studies performed since 1960, the American Psychological Association adopted a resolution Wednesday stating that mental health professionals should avoid telling clients that they can change their sexual orientation through therapy or other treatments.
  
  
• Queerty opens our minds to 5 Black Homo-Hop Artists you need to know about
  
  
• The Nation's first GLBTQ online high school launched this week
  
  
• Wisconsin started allowing for Domestic Partnerships
  
  
• The New York Times reports that armed militias are raping male villagers in the Congo in order to force them into submitting to their control.
  
  
• The 2010 United States Census will officially count same-sex couples (and release numbers, unlike the 2000 Census under George W.)
  
  
• A recent report from the National Education Association asserts something many of us already know from experience: "a significant number of GLBT students are missing school, underachieving academically, or dropping out as a direct consequence of the bullying, harassment, or physical abuse that they suffer at school. What’s more, GLBT students experience a higher rate of homelessness because of their families’ hostility to their sexual orientation or gender identity."
  
  
• Is Beirut, Lebanon the new gay hot spot?
  
  
• Gunman kills 3, injures 11 in premeditated attack at LGBT teen community meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel
  
  
• Oliver and Kyle's passionate, gay kiss on One Life to Live